Browsing: Derek Stepan

We’re gonna continue the roll here and have our third Live Stanley Cup Final Chat today at noon. Be there. Or else. Here’s my column from The Journal News and lohud.com: By Rick Carpiniello SANTA MONICA, Calif. – With two days off between Game 1 and Game 2 of the…

Thoughts: 1) I’m not sure what to make of Game 1. Why? Because I thought it was kind of what we should have expected. The Kings are a bigger, heavier team who beat the crap out of you and give up chances. The Rangers are a faster team that won’t…

Here are my stories from The Journal News and Lohud.com: By Rick Carpiniello Great teams usually have something special among them. Especially hockey teams. If player 20 doesn’t do his job, it might not matter what player 1 does. And when it’s special, when there’s a bond, there often are…

Click here to see Josh Thomson, 26’s story about the Rangers’ clincher last night. Click here to read my column, which was kind of stymied by deadline, on the Rangers reaching the Cup final. Thoughts: 1) “Alain,” the question began, “if somebody told you in October you’d be playing in…

Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS Thursday, May 29, 8:00 p.m. ET Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers: 11-8 (3-2)* Canadiens: 10-6 (2-3)* * Record in the playoffs (record in the series) TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers will face off against the Montreal…

Thoughts: 1) Dan Girardi called it a gong show. That’s as good as I’ve got. The Canadiens won, so they can be happy about it, but that’s a hideous game. Two in a row, actually, but Game 5 worse than Game 4. Ghastly. After Game 4, after all the talk…

Post-game notes courtesy of the NYR; interview transcripts courtesy of the NHL/ASAP Sports: Game 5: Canadiens 7, Rangers 4. Click here for boxscore. Team notes: – The Rangers were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 7-4, tonight in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Bell Centre. The Rangers lead…

Game 5. Rangers at Canadiens. Youse know what’s at stake. Been 20 years. And as you know, it’s the anniversary of the last time the Rangers had this opportunity — Matteau, Matteau, Matteau! Two teams have come back from 3-1 already this spring — the Rangers vs. Pittsburgh last…

From ASAP Sports/NHL: ALAIN VIGNEAULT Q. Is Stepan a go for tonight? COACH VIGNEAULT: There are a lot of things that have to happen for him to play tonight. We are going to talk to him this afternoon and see how he reacted to the practice. Nutrition, obviously, is an…

From ASAP Sports/NHL: BRIAN BOYLE Q. A lot of additions to this team in the off-season player-wise or even during this season for you guys like Klein, Carcillo, Marty, has it been difficult to assimilate new players or have you guys been able to? BRIAN BOYLE: I don’t think it’s…

Click here to read Josh Thomson, 26’s story about Martin St. Louis’ overtime heroics. Thoughts: 1) Well, now I guess you can say that Alain Vigneault is better than his predecessor, since he’s gotten one game farther … that’s sarcasm, of course. Vigneault’s done a terrific job with this team,…

Game 4. Canadiens at Rangers. Finally, after one game in five days and all the dog-and-pony garbage that has enveloped this series … a game. A big, stinking, giant game for both teams. This will be the 100th of the season for ya boys. Once again, Happy 20th anniversary…

Here’s my column on the clown show that the Rangers-Canadiens series became during the five days in which there was just one game. From The Journal News and Lohud.com: By Rick Carpiniello Pitch a tent over the Rangers-Montreal Canadiens Eastern Conference final, and cue up the calliope music. The circus…

From the NHL/ASAP Sports: COACH VIGNEAULT Q. Coach, do you resent what happened yesterday with your assistants being asked to leave the Canadiens practice, and what is your reaction to the reason why? COACH VIGNEAULT: Well, we were treated very unfairly yesterday. There is no rule. There was no agreement…

Here’s Josh Thomson’s story from The Journal News and Lohud.com: By Josh Thomson NEW YORK – The NHL levied a two-game suspension on Montreal’s Brandon Prust for his brutal Game 3 hit on Derek Stepan, but, of the two teams, the play could leave the Rangers with the more important…